Social media picked up on Silver's victory quickly, coining the Twitter trend #NateSilverFacts (in the vein of IsNateSilverAWitch.com went viral before the election (as of Nov. 7, the answer was "probably.")

At 9:29 p.m. Tuesday, more than two hours before networks called the election for President Obama, Silver sounded secure with his projections.

Shortly after midnight, he pitched his book, "The Signal and the Noise," on Amazon.com. It's currently No. 2 on the retailer's best-sellers list.